Police: More arrests likely

11:43 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

Trevon Nelson was arrested in the kidnapping and killing of a Pensacola man on Christmas Eve.

Written by

Eric Heisig
eheisig@pnj.com

A suspect in the drug-related kidnapping and slaying of a Pensacola man on Christmas Eve was arrested Tuesday afternoon, Pensacola police said, and more arrests are expected to follow.

Trevon Nelson, 28, was one of several men who kidnapped Torrance Hackworth, 32, from Hackworth's girlfriend's home at Morris Court apartment in front of the couple's four children, police said. Hackworth's body was found two days later with gunshot wounds at North S and Blount streets.

Nelson, a resident of East Brainerd Street, is the first person arrested in the homicide that police Chief Chip Simmons ...